Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-06-29

Men Working so Reseue Them
Eighteen Feet of Hard Rock TO
Penetrate.
VERGHIA. June 36.-Gas and smoke
have entirely ceased issuing from the
Gould & Curry shaft indicating that
the fire, if not entirely exhausted, is
merely snouldering in the old timbers
eaved down On the floor Of the station
on the 1900 level.
Cages with men were dropped be-
low the 1900 level to-day No attempt
to extinguish the fire viii be made
until the men on the 1900 level are
rescued dead or alive. The DRIFT
which is being run from the Con. Cal.
& Virginia mine On the 1900 level to
reach them is IS feet south Of the bot
tom Of the Is foot Wine sunk TO the
level Of the point where the men are
confined in the Best & Belcher. The
material through which they are drift
ing is hard porphyry, tough as steel.
1t is anticipated the connection viii be
made sometime to-day, as there still
remain about IS feet to make connec-
ton. When the drift is advanced a few
feet further a hole by a burleigh drill
bit ten feet long will be sent through
the intervening wall, so that if the
men are still alive they can be COM
municated with. There are 60 picked
men selected from the most expert
enced miners on the lode forming
the rescuing party. They are divided
into three eight-hour shifts. Two
burleigh drills operated by compressed
air are used in boring holes for blast
ing. With this force unprecedented
speed in driving has been attained,
and if the connection is made by this
afternoon they will have accomplished
a feat in driving and sinking through
hard ground never equaled in the
annals of mining. Opinions among
miners are about equally DIVIDED in
specializing on the chances of the
imprisoned men being found alive. A
| stream Of cold water and a bountiful
supply Of fresh air is being continually
| sent into the mine by the powerful
surface air compressor which il kept
running at such a high rate of speed
that it is necessary to keep a jet Of
cold water pouring on the journals to
keep them from heating. The air and
water sent into the mine is forced
through afour-inch wrought iron pipe,
extending into the face Of the drift.
As this pipe was not broken off by the
caving Of the shaft timbers, there is a
strong probability that the men i'm
prisoned on the 1900 level will be
| found alive. The fact that they give
no sign OF vitality by signaling to their
| rescuers is not considered positive
| evidence of their being dead. They
know that every effort to reach them
is being made, and as they are ex-
perienced miners, they know that in
order to survive until rescued they must
take every precaution against decreas-
ingtheir vitality by exhausting their
| strength in signals. In this they are
pursuing the same tactics as did the
miners imprisoned on the 2400 level in
the Alta. These were confined in a
drift four days, but after the first "a
hours no signals were given by them,
and all hopes of ~rescuing them alive
were abandoned.
The funerals of four OF the victims OF
the disaster took place this afternoon
and we're largely attended. The pro-
cession to the cemetery was headed by
700 miners on foot.
A relief committee to raise a fund
for the benefit of the families OF the
victims of the fire was organized last
evening by the most prominent resi-
dents Of Storey county. kilograms
from towns in all parts of the State
have been received announcing that
steps had been taken for raising
money for the same object.
up to II o'clock yesterday the un-
fortunate miners had not been recov-
cred. ED SEsTINEL.]
A Fire In London.
LONDON, June PA fire broke out
in a tenement house at Oxford street
this morning. The flames spread so
rapidly hal several of the inmates
were unable to make their escape.
Frightful scenes were witnessed by the
crowd OF people attracted to the spot.
One youth jumped from the top story
to the pavement and was instantly
killed. His mother followed, striking
upon the railing in front of the house,
and rebounding on the heads of the
crowd. Another woman appeared at
window holding a child in her arms,
and a moment later she fell backward
into the flames. Her charred remains
were afterward found.
Murderers Escape.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June &c. B.
Carter. Tom NJ. Killon and three other